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19th-century Scottish mathematicians

  • James Clerk MaxwellOn the 13th of June 1831, a boy named James Clerk Maxwell was born at 14 India Street in Edinburgh. His mother Frances Cay died when he was eight years old…
  • Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle was born on the 4th of December 1795 in the village of Ecclefechan, Dumfriesshire. His father James worked as a stonemason before becoming a…